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Washington, Aug 16 : US Covid-19 cases could exceed 200,000 a day as the latest surge of the virus driven by the Delta variant is “going very steeply upward with no signs of having peaked out”, said National Institutes of Health Director Francis Coll…

Wellington, Aug 16 : New Zealand on Monday reported five new Covid-19 cases in managed isolation facilities, with no fresh infections in the community.The five newly imported cases came from Fiji, the UK and Russia and have remained in managed isolat…

Sydney, Aug 16 : The state of New South Wales (NSW), the epicentre of the current Covid-19 outbreak in Australia, recorded a new “disturbingly high” of 478 new locally acquired cases and eight deaths on Monday.Among the cases, the source of infection…

New York, Aug 16 : Regular exercise, even performed in areas with air pollution, can reduce the risk of death from natural causes, a new study suggests.The study, published in the journal CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), indicates that a …

Beijing, Aug 16 : The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 13 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.Among the local cases, six each were reported in Jiangsu and Henan, and one in Huna…

Washington, Aug 16 : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 207 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.36 million and vaccinations soared to over 4.58 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Monday…

Havana, Aug 16 : Cuba has surpassed 4,000 total deaths from Covid-19, the Ministry of Public Health reported.The Caribbean nation registered 8,636 new cases and 98 more deaths in the last 24 hours, for a total of 517,668 infections and 4,023 deaths, …

Ottawa, Aug 16 : Canada’s new Covid-19 cases continue rising, bringing the cumulative total to 1,451,211 cases, including 26,700 deaths, as of Sunday afternoon, according to CTV.At the national level, the Delta variant currently accounts for the majo…

Colombo, Aug 15 : Sri Lanka announced an island-wide overnight curfew from Monday following the record of daily increase in Covid death toll.Army Commander and the head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of Covid-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), Sh…

Addis Ababa, Aug 16 : The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 7,257,094 as of Sunday afternoon, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African …